Author: Solomon Alaka

Mandates – requests or directives for action issued by the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social Council – have multiplied significantly since 1945. Today, there are more than 40,000 active mandates, serviced by around 400 intergovernmental bodies. Together, they require more than 27,000 meetings a year and generate roughly 2,300 pages […]

Nigeria is facing a complex and deepening humanitarian crisis, with 3.7 million people internally displaced due to a combination of armed conflict, climate-related disasters, and socio-political instability. The crisis is most acute in the northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe, where violence from non-state armed groups and recurrent flooding have devastated communities and disrupted […]

Rome, 1 August 2025 – Italian police have located a missing Irish woman in a disheveled condition, prompting coordination with An Garda Síochána, who had been actively searching for her. The woman’s identity has not been publicly disclosed, but authorities confirmed she had been reported missing in Ireland prior to her discovery. International Coordination Italian […]

The development marks a milestone for a region that bears nearly 65 per cent of the global HIV burden and has long depended on imports of lifesaving antiretroviral medicines and testing kits. But that may be starting to change. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) weakens the body’s immune system, reducing its ability to fight infections […]